The Sun. — London, England, 1808-05-27 00:00:00

IS E' ' " I P L PARLIA MENT 170US'E OF COMMONS. THUIISDAY„ !IAY 26. Aj r . rosTnr. said he had no sucil intenlion. the Proceeds of the Diltch de ta.r:ed the year 1903, ,at the crgmnence ot !he wr r, wai presented- and laid on the mblo. Inc Duches of Brunswick's Annuity-Bill,• and the Military'Coultnissioners Bill, were read a third titid: and passed. . ".life LAD AnvocA.TE obtained leave to.bring- in a Bill (or regulating the powers of the COmMiSsioners of Teind;, in Scotland. The Bill was brought read a fiat time, and ordered to be rehdi sedond tnyio on Mondoy. " • 'The Lind ktevenue P.:A was read a second time, zod ordered to be committed to-morrow. • orl the-tno7ion of Mr. WARDELL ) Several Papers subjea -of-supplying thiA Artny• with great' thi clothing of the Veteran Bat taiiou;, and the cloiljr.g (.1 11.1 b Army in general, were ordered to :'etore the House. ~ • for legalizing the_:thooking of hares in S. irtnti went' through a CaMlDittee• • • ,• . • Si , LNCT4R. STANHOPE did not see why it should 1q....211 to shoot a bare in Scotland, and penal to shoot, one in England. extend the prUvisietis pfilie Bill to,England.' one lott o AnvocArl3 stir, estei, that it • v:i.ould he better to have a separate Bill for England.—The lie,iert to be received to-morrow. • TIN Irish l'rison‘ Fees,Bill was reported, and or dercd to'be rod a third time to-morrow. • ARMY MEDICAL BOARD. FoLzstoalvtiot having come . down to the lion,e. till alter the passing of the Military. Commis f.iour*' Hill, begged,to take this opportunity of ofler ing some obser‘ations . which: be intended to intro- iti that Bill relative to the Report,of the NE ,. lit;lrreommissioners upon the condu6t of the -Army clic4l Board. The Report retleCted on several persons ConCerned in the cantina and Sla.- p;:iintell(l3il,Ce of the Medical Department of .the At it,y. In the Department of the Hospitals a ,Coll stdertble ipavitig had been etredeci by the itegnla. tlf.'etts ihtroduced'by Mr. Knight, to the amount of 4(;„ootil-. a year. 'LleguJations at the satne tirne• previded more eill.q.ittially for the' health and comfort of the , soidiers. rcho Report bad not...done ji:kt;ct , to Mr. Knight. • - . Mr: VANSITTART spoke in terrhs of high corn . - erten/34164U of Mr. Kean:, another IVlentber of the ,/Vmy Medical Board. Mr. Sruaogss BOURNE saiq; the Report„ was %T -e- t ho consideration of. the Board of Treasury, would nor do well to take any step upon • it nithout considerable caution and investigation of all Siilo of the piettion. lie a;loWed'the great merit of Mr, in' the superi ntericraric'e .of the Hos . - 4tict the great saving to the'Pahlic etfe6tail by . . thoe Reip:ations, • spore , .farther coriverAtion .ensned,. in which it troorn,inild':4 that- tht, House and the Public sus Vend its )udgment on the conduCt of the I ; ; ti, v i t ,;‘, 3l - 4 1 ; re ti,tl u ,d on .in the Report, till further . • pAriicul,ori should be known: There were many pariculat . i of importance not at all, noticed' in this • Mr. CA r; r. A r had given notice of a' N.lotion all this subjeitt 3 btit froth_ Inrther particulars ttfat Vitile to hi% `knowletirre he doubted whether , find.it propor to bring torwaro any Pg lat.newary weiliare. POILIC ACCOUNTS.. • Mr.'lltJstrissou rose, -pursuant to notice, to trope for le.ive - t6 bring ih a 13i11 to enable rthe Com tuissioners of Public Al:counts for. the \Vest Indies mare speedily and eLelt.mily to int;estigate,t be •same... N K s civcrtcd to the appointment of these Cominissioneu, and the delays in - their proceedin ,, s. 110 thought it would be for the advantage of the Tootle it the Audit of some, Departments of the. .iluolie P.:xpelidit ore bhouid be put in o her hands ._thins of the, General,. .fo;trd. Some of, the grc: l tost branehes-mf'rubtie 4=1)10 were yet unlit.• moot% othrs the A.rmy Aecounii, for LNVollty thr,,,,! yeors. lie was sorry to say, that the . serviee 1 .,.. !1 ,.;,•r e il by tbii fioar4 since the enlargement, of its establishment did not at all ito.l) (acre Nirreti the ex pectations beLl out, Mr: 1-lestosioN oxplaiued as to the prareedingsof the West India Commissinn. Letwe wai given t,,) bring in tho Bill, and also another 13111 for. the better it.golating the Audit of the Barrack "AeLountS, ' , C. w i L ho r ow Nlotien on the 1)1);(.:ot of the Drnio of Adiniralty, on bcing i 1 11. 41 - Ll ' o d, by the CitANcg,r,ott at the. 14xctiF.41/p.)t; that his - ii,l:kjer,ty had given direelions to hives the bu4iPth , s, inVeSti` c ;kition ;'36 now TIANK. OF IRELAND. S?r Jona Nswfoicr wNiletl,tO know whether it intended to introduce in the arr4ngernent for the rcrtelol.9l the Ghatur of the Bank of Irek:mt i to be brought forward to-morrow, fitly 'pro ' viflion fur the Veoloval of tho,te religious (iatiLliiit w now pre vviSti;:ti aornati C;;ltholit;6 from hiOV Dittocturs' of the S-r 3, NtSVPUIa gave notice, that it Wai Iris in 4 tention on Mond'oty to bring toi wait' a proposition cantor:liable to the geueral wish of the Proprietors of ktitak Stott, (Mt th . ”stlf,iNtt, ' ' ' MR. PALMER.'S COMPENSATION. • , Mr. BANKES prOpMeCi to refer to a Committee the Account presented yesterday, relative to the -.Anionot of NI; . Palmer's per centage cm the Revenue of the Po.,t-Oilice. His motive in waking this re• ferenee testa i that he feared the return over,rated what ,V, to ne properly only the per centsge on the net vvyn or, Aitcr sorne explanation from Mr. Long art.! Mr. B- 6 5 `, Mr. Banists . 4 motion Wal .. agreed, to, a n d a i..'oLntnittee appointed accordingly. OA the motion ot' Mr. a VA:NSITTAKT, it was oldertd that there be laid before the House an Ac col:Ilt of the Stuns pid to the iteceivers,Gen4rai of 1 IP! in:J - 12 , 4x', on account of fines for ballottdd n.en of 1707. C-ertzti:) Aci;otiot# relathig' to the nt mber re, were . ordered, o the motion of Mr. . RS IN• COUNCYL. W ITRESSCS. 1:i :;,tIN FY, iti C9115t goence. f:1 ttai incoorcni- el,ce suffered by t:.t: W;tnesscs summoned. at ctc2sire on the suol , ect of the Orders in Council, wih ed the examination of those'Wunesses to go on this day, IYi prefereme the Committee on the Lnc:il H thought this arrangement would be moreconvenient to the House also,,exhausted as it was, after the'late sitting of last night. . Lord CAs - rt,g4E.kon preped the superior import.. ance.of the Local Militia. fle.had .already given way rather too much. on this business. • He Jolt however; to the sense of the Hon. Gentleman him self VI hu course should be tak , 29. • Mr: Rosi stated, that ,some of the WitnesSes not exoe6ting to be called, were absent on their own pri vate concf-rns; from'which it was very inconvenient from them to be . a'way when they werd not absolute ly wanted. On inquiry it was, round the Witnesses were not in attendance. Sir C. supposed, excused the'Gentle men who, he did not expert to be called on in this motwnt. ••• • - Mr. WHITB REAL? suggested the propriety of some animadversion on the disobedience of the Orders_ of the, House, in order to maintain its au thority. . The SPE4ll(r.it stated, that it was Certainly incum bent on the House to m.;intaia its authnrity: 'The first point was te4ccrtain whether the disobedience was wilfui or aecidfmtal. •If there was reason to think it only accidental, proper course Was to make another order ter the .attendance at a fut ure day, when the liiarty might have an opportunity of explaining the cause of ahsence.. 1f,,0n the contrary, it appeared that the,absetiee was the 'coarse, would be to exaMine ;he Messenger at the Bar, to establish the fad of the service of Abe Order, and. then to order the person disobey mg to attend iii the custody of the Serjeant' at:, Arms. the• mildest course seemed to be the one adapted to the present case. • While this conversation wag going on, the Serjeant at Arms signitied'that the Witnesses were come.— The House upon this weni 'into the Committee. In answer to an inquiry from Mr.'WINDFIAM, Lord CASTLE.REAGO stated, that he. Doped it would be understood that •the ftwther. proceeding on the UA Militia Bill should , take place on Monday positively. Sir 3. Nawrotur. spin adterted to. the timen.l., tent he proposed in the Charter at the Ban k'of Ire land, for romoviug' the restriCtion "which prevented Roman Catholics from. tieing Directors. • He roen.'. tioned this with a to accommodation • in: Point at timc, as' frook the other bo:iipess for to-tuotrow, he did not think there would be a fair opportunity of discussing this matter tiii some . other, day. The QtrotOet,Loit of the EXCTIEW3Ett Said it was not the intention of his Right Honour 'aide Friend the . lianeellor of tilts Exchequer of Irehind to introduce • ' any concession to the R otnan - C`lK. to tlic new Oharter. But •cefutinlY . if was .lists intended to place . any new disabilities upon tho it... Jf..any Gentleman thoiight it right to proi:ose concussion, however, - it was a point pertectiy hpen to m 1 1 ..trliamentto deter mine at any tie. Tile Right Honourable Baronet might of coarse submit his. propOsitani a . - tinivt shape ; and he pot it to hint- whether it would nor. Le best to a .14t this co , .irrsti, La. let the business of to-in iitoe,:.'t:d without ht.' terruptioo„ Sir .1, Nnwroca: lte,,itated at acct.:2ing tJ this proposal. , Lord CAS'I'LLIIZAGPf t'en re s the„ Bank Chatter, withsreSpezt t* ;'l'i() ilueedtur the security\ or , the t.iovornmory ; nod hail oottlipg to do with, tho4o which the public faith vete& pktiled to the . 13., k1 A. n - therefore he . disetissett ( 7 .fistinatly,- and he v.-ished to know on 'what 'day the' Hots. Baronet would bring it foryttia„ - - The conversation was proceeding, when 'M r ; ,Wtirrnittf,an interrupted it; by obs;:rving-the great diSt)tder 0.,._e 1. r.ng to t .) 1,1 . 13 • (.I,settistutl la a C9ln- , fetit mittee on the Orders in Co tried: • • . . , Atter someattetn - pts,fo tenew the couversation on Sir 3. NEwPoars proposition, and sOrne further appt,tals on the point of Or,der,* - theSPEAKiui retnon, strated on the extreme irregularity of filixiog'otliee matters w:th thos,:s., Ott 'o" , hich tho House svls (:o rn . mittee. If such a isra:aie•.!, tolof4;thi, it v,/,33 inipossible.to s;ty to hat leitAtlts th , -; alluie :nay go, Th' e wa , :tlv.Ol exitmOte,!. that .his wattle er,i , ort trade was stopped the do rte., Tile Ottiers of Count:ll ten(lt...f to counteract that .I.)eoree, ',tut! if they . were. stronger, so as to amount to a perfeft they would counteract it Th' w , Witness being a Forel.,t,;ner, ktoi;:potOlted forms of the I ftAiso, wid of an afil 4o tt en -, 1) , T, Lifi , ...v;:.-rs with a strength of language, • which, ;ft first, afforded some atnu-einent -but ceiv,:d not cothiisteht -‘.‘ y ith the tti'voily of tae 1,1 0 0 4 c, he was, on - thL: 4alggestion of the wartieel . to bt3 inure. tnider.tte.. e .fer the'rrc.'w into 'which his ignorance: hall led - hitn, and proceeded with more nioderate language. Several other. LVitnesses here then e::.,ttilitted, after which the House adiournedt • e• . Attrtmo-.2 Gottenhurgh, W.,ltcribr4l. nott—idatteft. burgh, t Dub t W.lterf-vitt. . l'l4. LC E sToCK IUII ijA y AT TwitLy o'cLOCIV. Consols - 6/i OS t Reduce(' 674 i T E U N. 1/01.1M Qt. 115 fALAUN AUDILAT? L 0 N D 0" , Yft111.1.1", MAY 27, 1808. Tltzs . mort,it two Mails from 4ottelthor.srll ar-- rived, Sir Jf»!N :4 4, *.); , With the, whole of thtt.. British Expedi;.ion, arrived'off Go6enburgh. on 'the 17th inst. The ultimate detinaiion of this force was not known, but it is by no mimns improbable that the . unoxpeCtedanct• treacherous surrender of Bweaharg in ly render an- iiiiteratiOn in Vie plAn of operations necesiary,. ttt„Sweabor4- the rtaii4mS '0:1:id, it t 3 said, bet,', et two and three htui. Lift d ves , .eli of different d which 'would them to transport a very formidable, force across the Gulph, by which the safety of Stockholm might be endangered. The . Swedes appear to have met wiih a check in Norway, though by no means of serious a nature as was represented-in the Danish_ Papert. A small' detachment of between 400 and 500 men, under Ul6 command of Colone,l GAHM, were surrounded and taken prisoners, At,Tuouen the French were enabled, from the very large fo - ree they . had assembled in the City of Madrid and its. vicinity; to quell the Insurtedion which broke out, in that City, they will find it tremely difficult indeed to subdue that general spirit of independence which appears to manifest itself' throughout• Spain. The Array which BUONA P ARTS has contrived, under . various pretences, to introduce into pain;- is certainly a 'formidable One but we believe it is by, no.means so numerous as it has been studiously represented in the French .Papers, and in those under French influence. This is an artifice Cif- . which the French have oF late very sticcessfulty -, ' availed thernielves—they create terror.by represen'4- . ..ing their forde as infinitely greater than it really,is; '- and 113 they are in possession of almost the whole of the public press' of Europe, there arc no means of effeauallyco;itradltaing their statements. I.'he num 7 be . r . 'Of French Troops sent into Spktin have been most ostentatiously detailed in the French and Ger- • man Papers and have .beets estimated A 150,000 meh we are convinced that this is an exaggeration of neltiyone half; but it is undoubtedly true, that reinforcementi have been for some time -advauciog_ , towards Spain from different parts of France,-;40,-, even from Italy. The* main . body of .the Ftene4- .-Army, which consisted of between 30 and 40,000, Was stationed in Madrid and its vicinity, and of . them there is every reason .to baeve that some thousands fell on the.2d of May. Seine of the ac counts. say 10,000. This perhaps is an exaggera- Htion; but we believe that the greater part ,of the FFninch who were : in the City fell victims to the .-fray of the People, before the Troops that were en camped in its vicinity could come to their assistance. In the present distra(ted state of Spain, the intent gence from that quarter mist be received with some degree of caution; but all the . accounts which have reached Gibraltar concur in Stating, that the People . in almost all parts of Spain' have manifested:the firmest determination to resist. the French`byfosce.' of arms.. In the neighbourhood•of Seville, a force been collet - 1W of nearly 40,000 . men, and if there were 'any man of great talents and popularity to. lead the people, they would, we have no doubt, in a very short tune expelo4t:preft , talert trr.„-rtA 'Spain. It 113 s. been statc.(l that'..the'.Governor of eglizlent an offer to Admiral l'uar is to surrender the Fleet, upon certain cenditions. We : ' are not able pe.)sitively to confirm MIS zitAtc-irrent, but from • .the degree sat ferment NVIIiCII prevailed iu Cadiz (..vherc . . as we.have the populer in ,di nrttivit against French rose to such a heig4t, r 'upon, the intelligence of the massacre at Ma4ld, • t Iwy were forcett tb ilytbr refuge on beard the 'ships iu thq kLirbotir)., we shall not -ht; sttrprised if such ate event should take dace. The following letter has heeh' reeeivort tram an Officer on board the 'fFin4sor aistle, dated. the I . 2th inst. off Cadiz fg In Cadiz, all is indignation and resentment a;alnsL the French. A few nights since the French Admiral; Second in Command,. was assassinated coming out of the Opera, and not Frenchman dare no* venture on shore. TniS Morning we ob 'lerved the French ships bending their .sails; ready for a Start, afraid of _being detained by the Spaniards 7 Should they venture out, we shall be sure to t:on , vey them to a British Port. r 0 • PS: We are in hourly expeaation of recivirrY an invitation' tO take possession of the Fleet in Ttir, Trans,it. ,Lyrsont, =rived off Plymouth, spoke on the , Ath April his Majesty's Ship Meteor, with Dispatches from Lord Cot.. LI NG wt.:ain't': k eet; (No his Mtljesty ' A Ship l'hilomel: on'the 2d NL . iy, off Maretituo, spolie his Majesty's Ship I:y/adis ; on the .sth,.spoke the . Sloop Clyde, from Greenock , for Malta ; on the 6th, off Majorca,•had an engage ment for an hour and a half with a Xebec Privatier, Of 7 gur.s, and,fullof men, when the fore-top : sail tye .of the Trawl t being shot away, the Privateer escaped t -on . the 14th, came through the Gut orGib raltar with a Fleet, of rg. Tranports full of ,Trooifs, supposed to be bound off Cadiz ; on 22d, 523 d, and 24th, saw several small:Privateers in the Channel.. Yesterday-there were several arrtvals from France. The letters by one Vessel state, that the Bayonne Deeree or the 2. 7ib ult. has been strictly enforced against 'all American ships in the French ports. The Vessels which used to sail under Kniphausen,.aden bargh. Pvenburgh, and Mecklenburgh colours, are also all strialy embargoed, and are not'permitted, in .cousequence-of any, sale or transter at property, to chan t _ , ,e their,colours. Preparations ate making at Cbar,unn fur the reception of SUON*PARTE, Wigl, it is eXpe4eil, will soon visit that port. ' According to an account presented to the House of Commons, the net amount at the stores takien at Coptafiagert is 270,2401i.01. ad. • - ' NAVAL N E PLYXOUTIT; rvIAY 26.—Arrived the Chasse Ma• tie Maria, from Cadiz, bound to the Canaries, laden.with it and olives, captured by a Guernsey Privateer, :recaptured by a French Privateer, and !gain retaken by the Scorpion Sloop of War. Sailed - the Tannant, of 80 guns, Rear-A.dmirat Da COURCY, to the Westward, Supposed for the Channel Fleet. LEITH, MAY 24.—Arrived his Majesty's SWII Clio, from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Nightingale with a cons vny for Gottenbtargh ; and Fancy Gun-brig with convoy fOr Shetland. trameram . PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.—Ti3p Crocodile Sloop ot War takes Convoy to guernsey and Jersey; the. Speedy Sloop of War takes Convoy‘to Quebe4.. Canada; Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland ; Hardy Gun-brig takes Convoy to the Eastward. DEAL, MAY 26.—Arrived the Humber Armed Ship from Falmouth with a Convoy which are saga for the River; also . tie Flora, Baoims, from St Michael's. . ). ".. Sailed through the Downs frOni the - River the Ann, BARRETT, and Dart,- Wiwi., for Malta.. SHEERNESS, MAX 25.—Came into Harbour and proceeded to Chatham, the Endymion, of "40 gun , ' Capt. the Hon../. B. CAziL. Arrived the Texd, of 64 guns, Capt.VAstioN, from Leith ; and Basilisk Gun-blig, Licut. Hicos, from the, North Sea. Sailed . the Malabar and I?enornmee for the River. Came into Harbour the Aggressor Gun.brig, Lieut. WATSON. • This day the Ned:Elvin, of 12 guns, Capt. O'Cor Non, was paid bounty and'advance, and expe4ed to sail in a day or two. MAT 26.--The Ned Elt'in has tnade the'siinai for convoy to Heligolarid. Arrived the Lltra Tender, from Shields, with ;al• prest men and volunteer's for the Fleet. • HALF PAST Fws.--Sailed his Maje Sty's Ship Ippscr . ; 'Capt. BRADDY, to Yarmouth. ActO'iding to accounts from St. Michaels, the tin' ' fortunate Portuguese are coming in utictibers to that _ Island, in order, as it is Stated, not only ti; cbcoP e 'the rigour of French dorninatioo, but to fly born thd horrors of famine, Ow Crui)Ce'ri al011g11)(t coast are very properiy, •affording ,every laditiTy in e tii e ' c power to the escape of the l o h a bi tants „ ,who geO' rally are forward to collet, in order to.ay.til 4 , aves of such facility wilenzver a Boat of our . s obser).4d to-approach the. strore. The following is an Extract of a Letter rt.;eciveil by a Spanish Gentleman in the City ". GIBRALTAR, MAY 11 , 1808.—You have doubt less heard a great deal about the Invasion of Spoil ) and. Portugal. More than 240,000 French tropn are now in these countries, and in:the envirous 0 ;Madrid 50,000, to seize upon the Capital in csieo; necessity. After having nominated the Prince or ASTURIAS King, RVONAPARTS persuaded b3t33 0 make a journey to Bayonne, against the 4161101°n of the people, who were so disgusted in the to through which lie passed , as to stop his coach, an" particularly in Vittoria, where they cut the hirneis and took the Inuits from leaving him sitting the coach ; but in coos44uence of the entreaties of the Spaniards and 'the French, by whom he was ag" companied, he %Ts" allowed to ,proceed, upon a S O. lemn promise that he woid4 speedily. return.. 'ri le whole of his subjecls, and particularly the inbabitaars of M adrid (where there has been a great riot), clamorous for his return, We arestissered, by 'O l . O O persons of respO.tability who have just arrived fr9n s Madrid, that- from 8 to 16,006 ii'rench have two - and also,a -vast-number of Spaniards, ill tt ) ! late riot. The French Ceneral,,,aod thelhd4 IrtrANTA, President of the Consejo, greali t tlitticulty, in restoringorder, principally tl)Nug' their assurances t o th e PeoPle), that the ne w was .immediately to return from Bayern-ie. hicll! people, have specified a short term; within they desire the return of the King, and have pro' claimed their resolution, that unless - he returns wit?, iii that period the French soldiers st:all forfeit thti liVes. The. return is looked for v,ith tioiVers.' co n F c A e s T i n t e t( c ) l :l o 4 a n t. n a tt E , aiixiety." • ' - y i elY , ~ I' l )17 I l i r. e N t 7 1, has recently excited so much surprise and regret - !!! the higher circles, is likely to be attended with snit more fatal consequences. , A hostile meeting 1 expeCted to take place, not between the l 'O u' a httsband and the gallant, 'but between the latter a branch of the unfortunate Lady'ilatuily. BUOAPARTE has liberated all the:English Sn'u,: Tlat lN lci l ioly 'lre r: o7(tfrwiel;t-c.a. glers from Flushing, where more than 400 Of illc:; had. been detained for eighteen months; an‘l',.,,i consequence, stnuggling has already reconaalen: . on our E;istern coast with great activity , where c9."ip siderable quantities of spirits have been landed th the last fortnight. . , , A Special Commission has passed the Privy C°'3l" Als o , cil, tor the trial of the Captain of a Bvitish - f Ship at . Halifax, charged with the Intirdef.,,, o i one of his .crew in an American por t. The .1111,5 crew refusing to weigh anchor at the Cal?„' of ' order, he advanced to the mutineers, and said, ir t I ;i t i f persisted in again impeding the ship getting _ . ,1 00 t weigh, in disobedience of his orders , he wouiu a:.1.1,i 'the ringleader of them dead on the deck :---0 ho disobethence ibllowing, he took 'his pistols T(NT, tit, binnacle, and fired at the mutinee r standing ' I in 11) lire:lg" when, singular to relate,:the ball passed ri g ht t his body, and killed the next beh i n d hint, Wit"' o o „,i. principal offender, wiln n mortally wbunding the , „ l ade , .raculnesly survives to p refer the, c h a rge of .• i S43:LISt hill . captain ! - ' . 5- ,! L„,,,w4Jorilt°